Nah, that can't be, Crow. I mean, Liberty is decidedly technically advanced. Look at all the fancy gates and lanes they've built. One hasn't even exploded in a while.
But I don't see Bretonia or Rheinland building such things, and if they can manage to build an effective system to differentiate ships, clearly a House of such science like Liberty, to which I am proud to be a citizen of, could build an even better one, right?
Of course, if that is the case, then it makes me wonder what's going on here? Is it bureaucracy in action? Surely it can't be user error - after all, we are dealing with highly trained individuals here, who would never make a mistake or anything of the sort.